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The show is based on the 2019 novel by Rachel Reed.
It's the second book in her Game Changers series.
The book sold modestly when it came out.
The paperback sold about 40,000 copies in all of 2025, according to Sarkana Book Scan.
But in one week in January 2026, the book sold nearly 23,000 copies.
According to Book Scan, this is indicative of the broader rise in queer romance novels, which have tripled in sales between 2021 and 2025.
And I'm Corva Coleman, NPR News in Washington.
Valentino Garavani was very much of the old guard of high fashion titans.
Think Giorgio Armani or Karl Lagerfeld.
Known best by his first name, Valentino was singularly focused on women's beauty.
He dressed everyone from Jackie Kennedy to Elizabeth Taylor to Meryl Streep to Princess Diana.
And he had his signature color, Valentino red, a rich and vibrant red that pops on a dress.
He was born in 1932, heading to Paris as a teen to study fashion and art.
In 1960, he teamed up with businessman Giancarlo Giametti to found the label that would turn Valentino's name into a symbol of haute couture.
According to his foundation, he will lie in a state in a piazza in Rome on Wednesday with a funeral on Friday.
Valentino Garavani was very much of the old guard of high fashion titans.
Think Giorgio Armani or Karl Lagerfeld.